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1977 Map of Wildell

Name: 1977 Topographic Map of Wildell
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Shavers Fork winds through a high-elevation landscape dominated by the Monongahela National Forest and the peaks of Cheat Mountain and Shaavers Mountain. This 1970s survey captures a wilderness-heavy region of the Randolph and Pocahontas county line where the Western Maryland Railway follows the tight river bends. The settlement of Wildell and the Clubhouse serve as small human footprints in an area otherwise defined by timber-era history and backcountry recreation.

Evidence of natural resource extraction remains visible through scattered Gas Well sites and a Mine near Johns Camp Run. The map detail shows the transition from industrial utility to conservation, highlighted by the Gaudineer Scenic Area and various shelters such as the Wildell Shelter. These features, alongside named watercourses like the Maryland Greenbrier River and Little Little River, reveal the complex hydrology of the high Alleghenies.